Software

Amazon's Kindle e-reader application is now available, free, for the Android platform (v1.6 or higher). You can access your Kindle book, synchronize your reading between devices and can use the phone's camera to scan QR bar codes.

The Pandigital Novel saga continues. Pandigital now officially says that the reader won't be back in stores for around a month. They also confirm the black-Novel, which will be released at about the same time with the new firmware update for the white.

Pandigital Novel

via Slashgear

Bookeen has released a new software update for their Cybook Gen 3 and Opus e-readers. There are two available versions (1.6 and 2.1). Note that Mobiread and Adobe-DRM support is not present in both. There are several new features, including quicker reboot (1-second) and shutdown.

Cybook Opus color

You can download the new versions here.

News Corp has acquired Skiff, the e-reader platform. They have also launched the "Digital Journalism Initiatives" - which will be responsible for News Corp's new business efforts in premium digital journalism, and invested in a startup called Journalism Online

Amazon's Kindle v2.5 firmware update is finally available to all - international and US users, via an automatic update.

via Engadget

Engadget reports that you can now download the Kindle v2.5.2 software - but only if you have an international Kindle. A strange decision by Amazon, but they'll probably release it to all users soon.

Barnes & Noble are now offering free coffee to users of their e-book software - customers need only show a cafe server an open e-book running the Barnes and Noble software. This is a limited time offer.

Devices qualifying for the promotion are Nook e-readers, iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Blackberry phones, the HTC HD2 and Windows or Mac computers.